Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-074
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 7:47 PM–7:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-74
Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on November 12, 1971
- 014-068 7:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:19 pm.
- 014-069 7:22 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:22 pm.
- 014-070 7:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:24 pm to 7:26 pm.
- 014-071 7:30 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:30 pm to 7:39 pm.
- 014-072 7:40 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:45 pm.
- 014-073 7:46 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:46 pm to 7:47 pm.
- 014-075 7:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.
- 297-001 7:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:51 pm and 8:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-074, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-074 (accessed October 1, 2026).